Sheep
Senior Signet breeding specialist, Laura Eyles, has confirmed the potential of genomics within the sheep sector.
The importance of retaining sheep numbers in hill areas has been emphasised by leading members of the UK sheep farming community.
Dairy
A session around cow genetics and technologies to drive resilience through breeding was held at the British Society of Animal Science...
N.Ireland
The lack of recognition for agriculture on the part of political parties in the UK has been highlighted by a leading agri commentator.
The first evaluation of this year with the 2024 born lambs included has recently been published by Sheep Ireland.
Dairy Technical
The latest update to the EBI will be available from November 28, 2023 and will see changes to the fertility sub-index.
The science of genomics is set to revolutionise the pace at which genetic improvement can be secured within the sheep sector.
Tillage
A combination of genomics and the sourcing of Europe’s best genetic materials is driving a unique barley breeding programme.
The interest in genotyping of animals has increased in Ireland, with genotyping having a number of benefits to farmers and industry.
Genetics company Semex will launch the index in April, which will publish methane efficiency values for various cattle breeds.
Sheep News
The myriad sources of data now available to Sheep Ireland is allowing the organisation to achieve the role it was created to fulfill.
Beef Technical
Ireland will be included within remit of Stabiliser Cattle Company to make Genomic EBVs available for male and female breeding stock
The ICBF has implemented a change in how genomics is blended with parental average to calculate EBI in the October 2020 evaluation.
New research reveals how genomic evaluations could be improved "if genotyped cows were also included in the reference population".
The notoriously difficult wheat genome - the genetic blueprint of the plant - has finally been cracked by a leading team of scientists.
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation recently outlined how genomically-selected bulls perform in relation to daughter-proven bulls.
As part of the OVIGEN sheep genomics research project, over 13,000 pedigree sheep had genomic evaluations completed since 2014.
Andrew Dineen has grown his herd from 70 to 102 cows. At the same time, production has been maintained at over 550kg per cow
The advice offered to farmers when it comes to selecting genomic bulls to breed the next generation of replacements is set to change.
AgriLand recently caught up with Mark Ryder, LIC Europe general manager, to find out why the New Zealand industry has moved away from genomic selection after initially embracing it.
Beef
Farmers have just hours to submit an application to the second tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme or BDGP 2.
New figures, released by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), show that some 530,000 Irish cows are enrolled in the first tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).
Sire selection, in light of the introduction of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), has become increasingly important at farm level.
